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Which Premier League club's matches are on TV most often?

The next batch of televised Premier League fixtures have been announced – but who's on the gogglebox most?

Published

19 October 2017

It’s a day almost as feverishly awaited as the release of the fixture list itself: Which games are featured live on the TV? Sky Sports and BT have released their Premier League coverage schedules up to the end of 2017. All 20 clubs are featured, of course – but not entirely equitably.

Arsenal and Manchester United lead the way here with 15 of a possible 20 Premier League games shown before we hit 2018 – three times as many as five of their Premier League rivals.

But those forgotten teams can't draw audiences like on December 10, for instance, which will see fans rooted to their sofas for the Manchester and Merseyside derbies after Arsenal take themselves to Southampton. Tasty.

Unsurprisingly, Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City are all featured prominently before the New Year – the latter pair once more than Chelsea, for instance, who share 11 Premier League games on the box with Newcastle and only one more than Leicester.

Down in the contractual-obligation box are five appearances for West Brom, Watford, Stoke, Huddersfield and Swansea – but at least their fans won’t have their Saturday 3pm kick-offs faffed about with...